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Listed is only a tidbit of the vast collection local authors and books from our historically rich area. Select any of these titles and let them guide you through our unforgettable town and beautiful places. | ||||||
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Sketches of Amelia Island and Fernandina Beach "Now retired as an architect, Bill Maurer the artist has created this book using watercolor and pencil sketches to catalogue a part of the history of this time and a previous era on northeast Florida's Amelia Island. With his cosmopolitan ethos he describes Amelia Island as a little paradise with subject matter everywhere - historic houses, marshes, wild landscapes, marine subjects , and inland waterway. In the remarkable images in this book, Bill Maurer expresses in a quiet way his inner emotions and his love of these subjects." |
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Tidewater Amelia Jan Johannes's photographs remind us that the historic homes of the Tidewater continue to radiate the living, growing, and changing. This collection of photos offer insights into homes not as museums or archeological sites, but as testimony of the eloquence of the era in which they grew, extolling the virtues of the Southern experience. They also remind us that without a record of these vestiges of our past, we face the new century without a map of where we came from and a context for who we are. |
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Recipes from AMELIA NOW A wonderful collection of recipes compiled by Helen Gordon Litrico. AMELIA NOW, the quarterly magazine of Amelia Island, Florida, came into being in the summer of 1975. Helen introduced recipes into the format with the fall 1977 issue and the response was quite favorable. 1992 was the first printing of this collection. "Recipes from AMELIA NOW" is in its third printing. |
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Centre St. Cookery In 1978 the Magnolia Garden Club of Fernandina Beach, FL decided to get together and publish a collection of the favorite recipes of cooks from Historic Fernandina Beach and Amelia Island. The publication got so popular with the locals and tourists that it now is in its seventh printing. |
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Fernandina's Lost Island Once again the Lieutenant Wilson Mystery Series has the investigator and his group of crack detectives on the trail of a murderer, or is it two murderers? Fernandina Beach is too quiet of a resort to have the brutal murder of a beautiful woman, only to be found on a hot July morning at Fort San Carlos.... |
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The Leopard of Fernandina In this sequel of Murder in Fernandina Lt. Wilson continues to investigate the questions that were raised previously. The Leopard of Fernandina is written by David Tuttle. Read this story, then revisit the historic sites and recollect the action. |
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Murder in Fernandina Amelia Clinch is the pen name of the Nassau County Writers and Poets Society. The group got together, under the lead of David Tuttle, to write this Murder Mystery based in Fernandina Beach, Florida.
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Pirates, Gamblers and Scalawags Tales from Amelia Island pass through these pages beginning with the time that French and Spanish influences permeated this idyllic barrier island. |
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Tales of the Timucua on Amelia Island A tender note runs through this sensitively written book of stories reflecting the author's understanding of history. Warren Hard cites the widely varying views and practices of differing peoples, played out for centuries on Amelia Island. But this attention is devoted to one group of islanders - the Timucua - Amelia's discoverers, whose cycle of life was attuned to the island's rhythm and resources. |
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Pleasures of Porch "Don't muss the pleasure of falling under the easy, relaxed, rocking chair spell of this talented and charismatic writer - Dickie Anderson. Her essays are relevant to our 21st century lives which validate ageless and necessary values - words to live by. Dickie Anderson is Southern of heart, Southern of Soul, Island of spirit." |
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Yesterday's Reflections II - Nassau County, Florida Jan Johannes brings more than a quarter of a century of passion, scholarship and devotions to recreating the rich tapestry of Nassau County's History. Do not miss the opportunity and join this exceptional journey through time. |
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Amelia Island and Fernandina Beach Roger Moore (Photographs Naturally, Inc) and Ron Kurtz (The Amelia Island Museum of History) get together to create this book tour of our island. The book is filled with stunning photographs and lots of history of our area. |
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Arfie Plays Pirates on Amelia Island Roger Moore, Ron Kurtz together with Chris Hamilton and Robin Benoit get together to tell the story of Arfie playing pirates with his friends on Amelia Island.. This is the third of the popular Arfie children's book series. |
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Arfie Finds a Job Roger Moore, Ron Kurtz together with Chris Hamilton and Robin Benoit get together to tell the story of Arfie looking for a Job. This is the second of the popular Arfie children's book series. |
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Artists of Amelia Join the creative community of artists on Amelia Island and Nassau County as they explore their vision of what was, is, and might yet be. Many of the featured artists are members of the non-profit Island Art Association, publishers of this book. Works of these artists as well as others can be seen in several galleries throughout the region, making Amelia Island a major visual arts destination in northeast Florida. |
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Isle Of You Very simply stated, the poems in The Isle of You are love poems, mostly love for his wife and love for his family, and for the Marine Corps, for the men with whom he fought in WWII, and a love, a constant and relentless love of life and living. |
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Adventures on Amelia Island The Johnson family spends a fun-filled week on Amelia Island during the annual Isle of Eight-Flags Shrimp Festival. Five-year-old Katy learns about a real princess who once lived near there, and meets a mysterious pirate - is he real or imagined? Nine-year-old Bobby searches for buried treasure that legend says is still hidden on the island. |
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Voices in St. Augustine Thirteen-year-old Joey Johnson has a problem. He hears voices. Only he can't find the people who belong to them. His curiosity leads him on a quest where he learns more than just some history about "the nation's oldest city." He discovers that he has a special connection to the past - something that changes his life forever. |
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Boomer - The Carriage Horse "Boomer, what a wonderful story. You take a loving grandmother, mother and animal lover and big lovable horse named Boomer and you have the makings of a wonderful children's book. ...Zaleski's book is about a gentle giant, but offers good lessons for children. ...This book is filled with colorful photographs taken by Nancy Noble and shows Boomer on the job and at home...." |
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Douglas The Duck and the Meeting Place Saving lives and putting out fires is the profession of Stephanie Mayberry's husband.. Both, Stephanie and Bradley Mayberry feel that sharing fire safety through children's literature is a privilege. |
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Centre St. Fernandina - Historic District This is the second edition. The original was published in 1976, when the downtown Historic District was a 30-block area. This 2nd edition extends the boundaries to the 50-block area designated in 1987. It was financed by members of the Foundation's Board of Directors to bring attention to the Historic District of Fernandina Beach. |
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Secret of Amelia - An Experience in Cooking and History A book of exceptional recipes as well as some of the colorful history that makes Amelia Island the unique place it is today. Enjoy browsing through this book for special recipes sprinkled with some historical tidbits from this area. |
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The Shrinking Sands of an African American Beach In her first published book, Annette Myers has woven a riveting and fascinating account of the history, dating back 70-plus years of American Beach - a special coastal enclave, eyed as a source of redevelopment by scheming, greedy entrepreneurs. |
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Almost There - A Whimsical Memoir Cheryl Bevin Olliff presents a charming collection of memories from her family. She felt that their whimsies, their humor, their abiding love of kinfolks is worth telling. This work, based on factual accounts, brings fond remembrance as well as biographic elements of the Fernandina Beach and surrounding area. |
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